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Apologies for the double post, I posted this in the wrong section last time (PF General Discussion). Sorry about that.

I would like to create an original world, with original artwork, concepts, story, etc (I'm sure you guys have heard this a thousand times)- but not for any kind of profit. Instead, I want to put it all on a massive wiki for anyone to use - assuming its actually good, of course.

I want it to be compatible with Pathfinder, as well as other systems. However, I would like to retain the rights to the content I create, so that nobody could hijack the artwork/story/setting for their own product without receiving permission from me. And if the setting & wiki becomes popular, I want to own the rights to the setting for future commercial use.

Basically, its a setting that you can "plug in" the classes/monsters of Pathfinder or other game systems to, but stands completely on its own as a fantasy world without it.

The thing is, I don't know what the legalities are for what I am allowed to reference on the Wiki. Can I provide direct links to the PRD for different monsters that might appear in a region, so that people can easily access the statblocks? Ideally, the pages would have something like this at the bottom:

"If you are playing Pathfinder, here are some Monsters that you could put in this region:"
Monster 1 (link to prd stats)
Monster 2 (link to prd stats)

Is the Pathfinder Compatibility License what I need? Or something else.
Also, If someone is familiar with the different Creative Commons licenses, please advise me as to which one would make the most sense given the information above.

I would like to create an original world, with original artwork, concepts, story, etc (I'm sure you guys have heard this a thousand times)- but not for any kind of direct profit. Instead, I want to put it all on a massive wiki for anyone to use - assuming its actually good, of course.

I want it to be compatible with Pathfinder, as well as other systems. However, I would like to retain the rights to the content I create, so that nobody could hijack the artwork/story/setting for their own product without receiving permission from me. I'm guessing this requires that I obtain a Pathfinder Compatibility License?

Additionally, a few questions for anyone who knows about this sort of thing:

1. On a wiki page, am I allowed to link directly to the PRD/d20pfsrd for monsters, items, or anything for that matter? For example, at the bottom of a page it might say:

"Here are a list of Pathfinder Monsters that may appear in this region:"
Monster 1 (link to prd stats)
Monster 2 (link to prd stats)

2. Similarly, lets say I have a page for an NPC named Skreeb. Skreeb is a wandering Kobold merchant. At the bottom of his wiki page, it would look like this:

"If you are playing Pathfinder, here are some items Skreeb might have:"
Item 1
Item 2

"If you are playing D&D, here are some items Skreeb might have:"
Item 1
Item 2

My question is, is it legal to mention items/monsters/etc in this way for systems that are NOT OGL? Remember, this isn't being sold as a product, and the items/monsters aren't actually tied to the setting, its just additional info that players of each system could use to *incorporate* the setting into their games.

Thanks :)